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Singapore’s Mighty Bear Games raises $10M led by Framework Ventures

Mighty Bear Games, a Singapore-based multi-platform game development studio, announced Tuesday a $10 million round to launch its blockchain division and develop a series of immersive AAA web3 games that are novel, fair and thoughtful. The round was led by Framework Ventures.

PayMongo partners with Atome to expand ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ acceptance across The Philippines

PayMongo, a Manila-based online payment processing platform, announced on Tuesday a partnership with Atome Philippines to expand BNPL acceptance among merchants in the country.

Alpha Startups™ Digital Accelerator Seeks Next-Gen Early-Stage Startups in Malaysia

New startup ideas and business models are key engines of economic growth. They not only create new jobs but also foster competitiveness and innovation, which is why the Malaysian government’s MyDIGITAL initiative is looking to attract two unicorns and launch 5,000 startups in the next five years.

Airasia Super App achieves record high growth in average monthly active users

Capital A Berhad's digital businesses, airasia Super App achieved a record high growth in average monthly active users (MAU) which stood at 10.6 million in the second quarter of 2022, up 236 percent compared to the same period last year.

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MAS and Google Cloud launch Point Carbon Zero Program to catalyse climate FinTech solutions

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have on Tuesday jointly launched the Point Carbon Zero Programme to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of climate FinTech solutions in Asia.

SaaS startup Founders & CEOs: How to hire the right Marketing Director

The individual you hire to head marketing for your software-as-a-service or mobile app startup must hit the ground running in a mission-critical role, and that's a problem, because if you yourself aren't a marketing professional, how are you supposed to hire the best one you can find?

Vietnam’s VinFast to focus on US, European EV markets before expanding in Southeast Asia

VinFast owns an automotive manufacturing complex that boasts up to 90 percent automation in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Capacity is 250,000 cars annually.

Will web3 interoperability fortify a unified metaverse ecosystem? [Podcast]

One of the toughest challenges hindering mainstream adoption of the Metaverse is the lack of uniformity and interoperability between multiple ecosystems. This challenge prevents the niche technology from serving the Metaverse community in a more seamless and user-friendly way.

Malaysia’s Exabytes partners with China’s Huawei Cloud to provide cloud-first smart solutions

Malaysia-based all-in-one business cloud, digital, and e-commerce solutions provider Exabytes said Monday it continues to expand its capabilities by establishing a partnership with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia), offering cloud infrastructure-platform-and-software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) systems to boost the digital…

Singapore’s Smart Ship Hub raises $2.5M pre-series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures

Smart Ship Hub (SSH), a Singapore headquartered business to business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) maritime digital platform, said Monday it has raised pre series round of $2.5 million led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures.